Accessing the Love of God

The sermon yesterday was on God’s pure love. Personally, I felt like I mentally know that. But I don’t know it emotionally. I don’t feel like I think I should feel if God is pure love. That’s no fault of God’s; rather, it is indicative of my spiritual sensitivity. My prayer this morning, and I think it was the prayer of many, was “God I believe you love me, help my unbelief.”

The Love of God is foundational to everything He wants to develop in us. It is necessary if we are going to accomplish any of the activities that He has ordained for us. He revealed himself to Moses in the burning bush and told him His name long before Moses had to lead the people of Israel. There are some truths that need to be put into our hearts long before they will be tested. I saw during prayer that there will be times of testing for our church when we are going to need to know in advance that God love us. There will be ministries that He is going to send us into where things are a mess. And before we go to minister he tells us, “It’s going to get ugly in there. You aren’t going to feel good about yourself or anyone else when it is over. But you need to know that I love you. I’ve been in there longer than you. I’ve absorbed more of the punches. And now I need to send you. It will hurt, but I love you.” There are going to be times where we are so busy, or so overwhelmed by the circumstances that feel so present, the pain in our bodies and minds, that we might be tempted to think God is not love. That is why it is so important that it take deep root in our hearts now. Today, let love take root in your heart.

I am especially in need of laying love as the foundation of my life. So, I prayed that God would give me a baptism of love. I want to feel it saturating me like holy water. And I felt that he was telling me that during my baptism he dug a well in my heart. And as I go to that well and bring out the waters of his love, the water level will rise. The more it is accessed the higher the water will rise. And, finally, it will rise so high that it will begin to pour over the top of the well.

So, my goal in prayer today became to access the well of God’s love in my own heart. To take my bucket of need and desire and lower it deep into that long tunnel. And when it finally hits water, I’ll pull it up and drink. Initially I know these will be long trips for the bucket. But as I access it more frequently the water levels will rise.

Seek His Face Always